Re: Howto set up ufw and wireless hub?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 04:47 +0900, Jacobs Shannon wrote:
> Two current objectives are howto set up the ufw firewall (with the
> connection sharing) and howto enable wireless hub capability, but so
> far I haven't had too much success... I could describe my various
> adventures and failures at various levels of detail, but mayhaps
> someone here can point me at the appropriate howto documents? Or
> maybe the best thing would be tips on how to find the proper howto?
> Lots of them out there, but I must be using the wrong keywords and I
> keep finding the hownotto docs.

There's not really a how-to because it should be pretty simple.  Create
a "Shared" connection in the connection editor (or use the Create New
Wireless Network... option in the applet).  Is there some problem with
that or something it doesn't do for you?

Dan

> I have a lesser interest in collecting some network statistics. Can
> anyone make a recommendation there? The two metrics I most want are
> cumulative traffic totals for various intervals, and the last
> connection time on my wireless adapter (so I can know how long until
> the 6-hour limit forces a reconnection).
> 
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